The story
- Russian · derived fromкаяний
- Swedish · derived fromKajaneborg
- English todayCajanaburg
From Swedish Kajaneborg, from Kajana (“Kainuu”) + borg (“-burg: town”), probably from Russian каяний (kajanij) and каянский (kajanskij) and cognate with Finnish Kainuu and Old Norse Old Norse kvenir. Equivalent to Cajania + -burg.
Words from the same roots
Russianкаяний all →
Cajania
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.